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Post by IDBUG on Aug 18, 2006 17:40:06 GMT -5
Hi all,
What are you reading lately?
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Post by - on Aug 18, 2006 20:15:27 GMT -5
Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. Its a series of essays. Pretty funny. Kinda smart. Mildly amusing.
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Post by Kata6 on Aug 20, 2006 20:47:05 GMT -5
I think my book takes the cake as the most exciting....
Fundamentals of risk management and insurance.
Its for work.
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Post by christinev on Aug 21, 2006 13:20:06 GMT -5
I'm reading a fiction book called Christ the Lord. Strange that it's fiction, I know. It's written from Jesus' point of view as a child growing up and finding out how special and different he is.
It's pretty cool to read one persons idea of how this child lived and thought and such, since little is known about the life of Jesus from around the age of 3 to the start of his ministry around age 30.
Anyway, I have a hard time picking out books, as I am surrounded by my children just about 24/7. So give me your suggestion of an action pack fiction or non that doesn't use a ton of curse words. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-christinev
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Post by IDBUG on Aug 22, 2006 12:18:36 GMT -5
I'm reading We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It's a futuristic dystopian story written by a Russian professor, who was exiled for writing it (he was lucky). This book was written before the others that share its subject, i.e. Brave New World, 1984, Anthem, and you can see the influence it had on all of them and others.
It's structured like a diary, written by this guy who's in charge of building a ship to take the message of the One State to unknown people on different worlds--the goal is to spread the benificent yoke of reason so that others may be also forced into happiness, as people on earth are. This guy starts out as an unthinking drone who believes everything he's supposed to, then something happens and his mind starts slowly changing...
I'm only a few pages away from the end; I had to tear myself away from it to get out of my car and go to work this morning. Great stuff.
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Post by christinev on Aug 22, 2006 13:36:39 GMT -5
IDBUG- We sounds like a good read, so I just requested it from the library.
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Post by IDBUG on Aug 22, 2006 15:35:58 GMT -5
excellent! glad to hear it.  |
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Post by mzdiagnosed on Aug 23, 2006 0:00:53 GMT -5
Sex, drugs and cocoa puffs?! I'll read it for the title!
I am currently reading a book about fences and how to make them since it's one of the first things I'd wanna do to the house we'll hopefully buy.
Also, the Wind's Shadow by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It's very good and very much why I like modern Spanish language writers. Also Leave me alone, I'm reading by Maureen Corrigan. It's a very interesting take on women's literature and a good book to keep around and read here and there. Definitely not a one night read but one of those books that makes you want to read other writers that the author critiques.
Whoa- dystopian futuristic?! I did a double take on that. I'll have to check it out when I am ready for a darker read.
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Post by - on Aug 24, 2006 19:30:44 GMT -5
It really is worth the read. I could do without the essay on Marilyn Monroe vs. Pam Anderson. But the essay that uses Empire Strikes Back as a means to explain the social concious of all those born 1968-1975 (aka GenX) fucking rocked.
: )
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Post by mzdiagnosed on Aug 28, 2006 23:38:36 GMT -5
OOOOOoooh! Now I hafta read it. |
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Post by webdominatrix on Aug 29, 2006 21:11:30 GMT -5
Hell yeah, me too! Right now, I'm reading Holidays in Hell by P.J. O'Rourke. It's dated, but it comes from a strong Libertarian point of view.
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